Humans have drawn pictures of the stag beetle from as early as 1460 AD. The scarab worshiped in European religious culture is actually the stag beetle, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. 
In ancient Greek mythology, the stag beetle was the infamous metamorphosis of a musician. According to Antoninus Liberalis (circa 150 AD), the famous Greek musician Cerambus was the very talented grandson of the sea god Poseidon. He invented the shepherd's pipe and was the first to be able to play the seven-stringed lyre, an instrument which resembled the head and mandible of the stag beetle. Also, they are just so cool.  

Sacred Stag Beetle 11”x14” Giclee Print is printed with pigment ink on archival paper and shipped signed. 

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